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thank you for joining us. as you know, the accountability review board that the secretary established has now completed its work. the classified and unclassified version have been released to the hill and have better chance to see the unclassified version as well as the secretary's letter to members. the vice chairman of the accountability review board will join us here to address your questions. and introducing them will be deputy secretary of state, bill byrne. mr. secretary. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. as all of you know, ambassador pickering and mullen appeared to discuss the findings from the accountability review board. and we will testify tomorrow. i make just two quick points. then i will give the floor to the ambassadors to discuss the report and take your questions. first, as secretary clinton said in her letter to congress, we accept each and every one of the board's recommendations and have already begun to implement it. in accordance with the law, she ordered the review to determine ex
thank you for joining us. as you know, the accountability review board that the secretary established has now completed its work. the classified and unclassified version have been released to the hill and have better chance to see the unclassified version as well as the secretary's letter to members. the vice chairman of the accountability review board will join us here to address your questions. and introducing them will be deputy secretary of state, bill byrne. mr. secretary. >> thank...
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that malls, used at workplaces, use the movie theaters. they allow for death and destruction. it is a distraction from the large ammunition devices that allow shooters to expel 20, 30, 60, 100 and even more bullets. it is a distraction from how easy it is to purchase weapons at gun shows with no background checks at all. checks at all.
that malls, used at workplaces, use the movie theaters. they allow for death and destruction. it is a distraction from the large ammunition devices that allow shooters to expel 20, 30, 60, 100 and even more bullets. it is a distraction from how easy it is to purchase weapons at gun shows with no background checks at all. checks at all.
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i know that many of us have questions. as the way into the microphone comes to you identify yourself. >> yes. we hear a lot about tribal militias wreaking unpredictable havoc here and there and making things very and predictable and messy. can you comment on that. >> well, the militias are certainly making things complicated and messy. that is sure. essentially the revolution was one in pockets. each region basically has its own militia. many regions have their own -- of course our region is usually tied to a trouble identity which then can be used as a trigger for conflict with neighboring tribal identity. for example, very much in the news, the coastal town in the center of the coast there suffered shelling, relentless shelling by loyalist forces for many weeks. that created a tremendous degree of resentment and essentially this is now a conflict, renewed conflict between the militias and the town which is a a loyalist stronghold. those kinds of tensions can easily -- the fear is that they will spread to other areas. the
i know that many of us have questions. as the way into the microphone comes to you identify yourself. >> yes. we hear a lot about tribal militias wreaking unpredictable havoc here and there and making things very and predictable and messy. can you comment on that. >> well, the militias are certainly making things complicated and messy. that is sure. essentially the revolution was one in pockets. each region basically has its own militia. many regions have their own -- of course our...
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to protect us. sometimes those two are different. we have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >> thank you. >> i as well want to think senator lugar or many years of service. i think it would be a shame to turn a page on this without -- i do look forward to this happening. i thank you for being here. i do want to say that i was on the ground in libya right after this happened. i was with the team there. i witnessed the shock of the colleagues they lost. i met the folks who were nothing short of absolute american heroes in what they did. i also witnessed the despair that felt like they were out on a tether and did not have the support of washington. i am dismayed that this hearing is centered on additional money, which may well be needed, but as senator boxer said, we would have no idea. we have never done a top to bottom state department since i have been here. i hope that will change in the next congress. we have no idea whether the state department is using the money wisely or not. to eac
to protect us. sometimes those two are different. we have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >> thank you. >> i as well want to think senator lugar or many years of service. i think it would be a shame to turn a page on this without -- i do look forward to this happening. i thank you for being here. i do want to say that i was on the ground in libya right after this happened. i was with the team there. i witnessed the shock of the colleagues they lost. i met the folks who...
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>> it reminds us of the challenges of it. at the end of the day, afghanistan is important and important for multiple reasons. you don't want to create a safe haven in afghanistan for people to be able to come back and reconstitute the taliban. but it's also about pakistan. to an unstable afghanistan where elements are organized is a danger to pakistan and its nuclear capability and they are concerned about that as well. the raid against bin laden couldn't have happened. the future matters in terms of regional stability. i'm cautious about the way we disengage, if we do so in a counterproductive way it will be a setback. all the treasure that has been spent will be for naut. >> what do you think of president obama? >> i have spoken to him for a few times and gracious to call me when my daughter was injured a few weeks ago as did the vice president. >> your 12-year-old daughter, how is she doing? >> doing great and no lasting effects. i have deep admiration for the way he has been able to balance the hardest job in the world, h
>> it reminds us of the challenges of it. at the end of the day, afghanistan is important and important for multiple reasons. you don't want to create a safe haven in afghanistan for people to be able to come back and reconstitute the taliban. but it's also about pakistan. to an unstable afghanistan where elements are organized is a danger to pakistan and its nuclear capability and they are concerned about that as well. the raid against bin laden couldn't have happened. the future matters...
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to do in the old day job serious where the warriors used to fight it out among between each other if you have your psycho trip going on you want to take out assad take him out if you're going to call him out take him out or get out why do involve all the innocent people as all of these so-called experts tell us what should be done and by the way we could also help balance the budget because we could put these say soft on pay per view you've got a problem with ahmed who has the problem a whole laundry oh how about cameron could you imagine daisy cameron the prime minister of the u.k. duking it out with another man i mean come on this guy gets off playing with a tennis machine hitting the ball back and forth if these people are going to call themselves commanders and chief lead to a fight and i say that by the way as a man who is a close combat second degree martial artist if i could as someone out i'll take them out i'm not going to i'm not going to back out and say hey you soldiers go fight for the ultimate cause but but jerry and i are german we've progressed so much since the roman
to do in the old day job serious where the warriors used to fight it out among between each other if you have your psycho trip going on you want to take out assad take him out if you're going to call him out take him out or get out why do involve all the innocent people as all of these so-called experts tell us what should be done and by the way we could also help balance the budget because we could put these say soft on pay per view you've got a problem with ahmed who has the problem a whole...
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they could not see us until two days later. they ended up telling us to go into the emergency room in charlottesville. host: thank you for the call. guest: i think that question speaks to a larger problem in our health care system right now where primary doctors and the services they provide are being paid less by medicare, medicaid, and private insurance companies. it creates a bigger incentive for doctors to go into surgery with a can earn twice as much. that is a problem of how we reimburse all the doctors who are serving us. there is a bit of movement right now with insurance companies in the federal government making some changes to try to pay primary care providers more. host: let's take a step back and share with you some of the policies behind all this. a former speaker of the house spoke to reporters yesterday on the issue of medicare. [video clip] >> we are not throwing america's seniors over the cliff to get a tax cut for the wealthiest people of america. we have clarity on that. host: sarah kliff? guest: the eligibi
they could not see us until two days later. they ended up telling us to go into the emergency room in charlottesville. host: thank you for the call. guest: i think that question speaks to a larger problem in our health care system right now where primary doctors and the services they provide are being paid less by medicare, medicaid, and private insurance companies. it creates a bigger incentive for doctors to go into surgery with a can earn twice as much. that is a problem of how we reimburse...
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cbo tells us on the revenue side and gives us the biggest bang -- on the revenue side, that gives us the biggest bang for the buck on economic growth at of all the options. when they did the recovery act, roads, bridges, airports -- i still believe that should be a top priority. why? that gives a list into the -- that gives a lift to the economy and it improves our competitive position. it is a two-fer. building bridges, airports, and schools is money spent in this country. we're generating jobs that are in america and a proves america's competitive position. -- and it improves america's competitive position. to me that should be a high priority. >> i would like to conclude with a question on your tenure. 26 years in the senate. he made the point that we now -- you made the point that we now have a partisan divide that is pretty vicious. from your experience, what can be done? what can be done and work for them that would correct the bitter partisan divide and allow the two parties to work together in the national interest on a more regular basis? >> one thing that would help is to e
cbo tells us on the revenue side and gives us the biggest bang -- on the revenue side, that gives us the biggest bang for the buck on economic growth at of all the options. when they did the recovery act, roads, bridges, airports -- i still believe that should be a top priority. why? that gives a list into the -- that gives a lift to the economy and it improves our competitive position. it is a two-fer. building bridges, airports, and schools is money spent in this country. we're generating...
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lead us even when the men fail us every time. we call on you, our god to comfort to the hearts of every mother and father who have lost their child in newton, connecticut today. comfort the hearts of the mothers who lost her son of in chicago today, who lost her doctor in philadelphia today, -- daughter in philadelphia today. in new orleans, alaska, missouri, alabama, all across this country. comfort our hearts and bring us out of this dark, dark place of sadness. give us courage that we may act. give us a wisdom that we may act together. give us peace, for use a blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called your children. we ask for your divine wisdom to descend upon this place. let us as adults model the peacemaking that we so long the. we will continue to look to you, our god, the god of all peace. in your name, we pray. we shall overcome. ♪ we shall overcome ♪ sunday. -- someday. deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday ♪ ♪ >> on news makers, cathy mcmorris rodgers. she spoke about the school sho
lead us even when the men fail us every time. we call on you, our god to comfort to the hearts of every mother and father who have lost their child in newton, connecticut today. comfort the hearts of the mothers who lost her son of in chicago today, who lost her doctor in philadelphia today, -- daughter in philadelphia today. in new orleans, alaska, missouri, alabama, all across this country. comfort our hearts and bring us out of this dark, dark place of sadness. give us courage that we may...
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for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and- a.org. >> tonight on the c-span bbc parliament's year-end review. and later another look at "q&a" with author kevin phillips. >> $50,000 in total prizes. the deadline's january 18th. for more information go to studentcam.org. >> next, "bbc parliament's westminster review" takes a look back at all the major reviews. the debates with the prime minister on the british economy and the european union budget. the british particle jment in recess for the holidays. members return on january 7th. >> hello there. and welcome to the west minister review. our look back at the big events in parliament over the last three months. coming up in this program, the chancellor delivers the latest bleak economic view? his budget. david cameron's bench urges him to stand up to europe. >> i support absolutely. >> the ugly spector of child abuse hits the deadlines with some dramatic consequences. lord justin levison delivers his plan on press standards. >> we should be wary of any legislation that has the potential to infring
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[applause] i invite the rest of you to join us in continuing the conversation. [applause] >> thank you. >> very good. >> it was okay? >> no, no, it was very good. you raised a lot. >> so the title of the book is "dilemmas of representation," and it's about a couple things. it is about the limits of representation. i reallimented to show -- i was really interested in representation, and i wanted to show that when members of congress, quote, represent their districts, that representation can really mean a lot of different things to different congress people. it's not one size fits all, and i really wanted to show the choices, members of congress were making, and i reallimented the reader to think -- really wanted the reader to think, so of all of those choices what style of representation does the reader think is best? that's one of the advantages of profiling ten members of congress. they were only ten members of congress, but you really could get an in-depth picture in terms of local, national distinction, which i wrote down in a lot of different ways so, you kn
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political rhetoric and right now of course we're seeing a lot of rhetoric about syria saad about to use chemical weapons of course really reminiscent of the iraq war buildup and the iran war drums have been beating for about a decade now i mean do you think what do you think about two thousand and thirteen do you think this is the year that will finally intervene in these in these regions . you mean the nobel peace prize winner and starting another was somewhere like the wonderful humanitarian mission in libya that left the war that left the place in a civil war and began to destabilize other parts of north africa including syria mali and other areas you mean that i have to tell you our forecast is that the first great war of the twenty first century has already be god and people aren't adding up the pieces they're looking at all these events as one offs for example we could talk about syria and what's going on now and now of course the united states supporting them as well as nato and many other countries in trying to overthrow assad we're looking now at a civil war also raging in live
political rhetoric and right now of course we're seeing a lot of rhetoric about syria saad about to use chemical weapons of course really reminiscent of the iraq war buildup and the iran war drums have been beating for about a decade now i mean do you think what do you think about two thousand and thirteen do you think this is the year that will finally intervene in these in these regions . you mean the nobel peace prize winner and starting another was somewhere like the wonderful humanitarian...
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there was an iron curtain theaters used to use to prevent fires. churchill used it first in private. >> you know why? >> it was a favor for truman. that is where truman was from. >> let's get a slice of that speech. >> an iron curtain has descended across the continent. behind that line, like all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe -- berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest. all of these famous cities and the population around them lying lie under the soviet sphere. >> why did you want to talk about this? >> i was inspired in my first book, and while this is in no way a sequel it represents thoughts i had. one thing i got interested in is the question why no people went along with it. what is the mentality? what are institutional pressures? why do camp guard do what they are told to do? i decided to write about this period right after world war ii, because it was a time the soviet union had reached a height, there was an apotheosis of stalinism. it was reinforced by the experience of the war. by 1945, it w
there was an iron curtain theaters used to use to prevent fires. churchill used it first in private. >> you know why? >> it was a favor for truman. that is where truman was from. >> let's get a slice of that speech. >> an iron curtain has descended across the continent. behind that line, like all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe -- berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest. all of these famous cities and the population around...
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-- i mean, all these appropriations bills used to go on, they used to be amendments, they used to take days. i used to chair some of the discussions on the floor of the house on these other bills. but, when the defense appropriations bill came up, jack had basically distributed enough earmarks that, that bill took about 30 seconds on the floor. so he understood what it meant, but more importantly, he did it in a way that benefited, in particular, the men and women in uniform. he was totally dedicated. having been a veteran himself, having understood what it meant to go into battle, he really understood what men and women in uniform needed. and so, i am truly delighted that the john p. murtha cancer center will stand as a monument to his legacy and to his commitment to our armed forces. these centers provide extraordinary physical care for our military family. but here at walter reed you also understand the importance of caring for emotional health as well. together, military medical personnel, and military families are raising awareness about those hidden wounds of war, that i talked a
-- i mean, all these appropriations bills used to go on, they used to be amendments, they used to take days. i used to chair some of the discussions on the floor of the house on these other bills. but, when the defense appropriations bill came up, jack had basically distributed enough earmarks that, that bill took about 30 seconds on the floor. so he understood what it meant, but more importantly, he did it in a way that benefited, in particular, the men and women in uniform. he was totally...
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that people want to use. there are smart people like the one building a private space company or another founder who has a fund in silicon valley. smart people who are trying to use private enterprise to solve big problems. i did not discount that. government and academia has its role. one has talked a lot about going to mars. he hopes to die on mars as a first human columnisonist. we had to build 30 saturn-5 rockets, each exerting 7 million pounds of thrust. n out ofhasn't gotte low-earth orbit. going to mars is like building the pyramids. it is something that a single nation cannot easily do it by itself. going to mars is something that the entire species wants to do. host: wayne from wisconsin, a republican. caller: good morning. i will probably disagree with your guest's politics. i think we need to back up to world war ii and earlier than that with work and research on what became the man and project. -- the manhattan project. math and physics and all that good stuff. without that basis -- it involved a
that people want to use. there are smart people like the one building a private space company or another founder who has a fund in silicon valley. smart people who are trying to use private enterprise to solve big problems. i did not discount that. government and academia has its role. one has talked a lot about going to mars. he hopes to die on mars as a first human columnisonist. we had to build 30 saturn-5 rockets, each exerting 7 million pounds of thrust. n out ofhasn't gotte low-earth...
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perry joins us from the south korean capital. -- harry joins us. we are awaiting official announcements. when can we expect it to happen? >> it could be any time really in terms of the victory acknowledgement or even a concession in the next two or three hours, depending on how close the numbers become. speaking to a couple of senior advisers, one in each party. the adviser for the park-geun hye see more relaxed and confident. suggesting the exit poll, by no means conclusive, that put the candidate had gained the edge. but he said if they did with it would be at by a razor-thin. the democratic united party adviser was saying that seemed to be in better shape of the exit polls, they finished pulling with an hour still to go in voting. could be a late spurt of the support. the most substantial paul -- poll so far, they say that lead is still within their own margin of error. in terms of the latest results from behind me, nationwide, about 10% of the votes so far have been counted. hye has been ahead in the early voting. she's down -- stands about 63%
perry joins us from the south korean capital. -- harry joins us. we are awaiting official announcements. when can we expect it to happen? >> it could be any time really in terms of the victory acknowledgement or even a concession in the next two or three hours, depending on how close the numbers become. speaking to a couple of senior advisers, one in each party. the adviser for the park-geun hye see more relaxed and confident. suggesting the exit poll, by no means conclusive, that put the...
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budget a simple word to use is insane. to ask for a 10% real increase above inflation is insulting to our constituents. it's insulting to the people of spain and italy and portugal and ireland who are being told to pull in their belts. >> is it the truth of the matter that literally the only way that you can be sure that you end up with a less than inflation increase is by not announcing that you're going to use it and by making sure that you negotiation all the way through? it's a child that announces on the first day of the negotiations that they're going to use the veto because of course the commission gets its way. >> i have had police officer who is came to my surgery and they understand that their pay is frozen. they're less happy about the terms and conditions. they're less happy about not getting their increments. but what they don't understand is why other elements of budget and in particular the european union should be guaranteed inflationary increases, let alone inflationary increases all the way through 2020.
budget a simple word to use is insane. to ask for a 10% real increase above inflation is insulting to our constituents. it's insulting to the people of spain and italy and portugal and ireland who are being told to pull in their belts. >> is it the truth of the matter that literally the only way that you can be sure that you end up with a less than inflation increase is by not announcing that you're going to use it and by making sure that you negotiation all the way through? it's a child...
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navy so that brings us to the u.s. pivoting announced by a bomb almost a year ago at the pentagon if they go with the militaristic kind of thing towards asia then we're going to have a conflagration against china soon within the next few weeks if they go for some kind of commercial alliances with countries in asia individually then it's a much better prospect for the u.s. and for the west in general ok alexander you know began the i mean you know nato is nato a force for good ok because it's looking to the pacific now over. well i mean nato is reaching out to countries like australia and japan to intensify their cooperation but i'll give you an example of that you just mentioned a country where relatively often and that is libya if it had not been for nato colonel gadhafi would have murdered the inhabitants of him god i don't know that we don't know that how do you know that you know the history you know that we. will now that are his or. her we will have this is guy for twenty years thirty years he's a crazy guy don't
navy so that brings us to the u.s. pivoting announced by a bomb almost a year ago at the pentagon if they go with the militaristic kind of thing towards asia then we're going to have a conflagration against china soon within the next few weeks if they go for some kind of commercial alliances with countries in asia individually then it's a much better prospect for the u.s. and for the west in general ok alexander you know began the i mean you know nato is nato a force for good ok because it's...
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to protect us. sometimes those two are different. he have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >-- we have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >> thank you. >> ideas well want to thank senator lugar for many years of service. -- i as well want to think senator lugar or many years of service. i thin i think it would be a shame to turn a page on this without -- i do look forward to this happening. i thank you for being here. i do want to say that i was on the ground in libya right after this happened. i was with the team there. i witnessed the shock of the colleagues they lost. i met the folks who were nothing short of absolute american heroes in what they did. i also witnessed the despair that felt like they were out on a tether and did not have the support of washington. i am dismayed that this hearing is centered on additional money, which may well be needed, but as senator boxer said, we would have no idea. we have never done a top to bottom state department since i have been here
to protect us. sometimes those two are different. he have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >-- we have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >> thank you. >> ideas well want to thank senator lugar for many years of service. -- i as well want to think senator lugar or many years of service. i thin i think it would be a shame to turn a page on this without -- i do look forward to this happening. i thank you for being here. i do want to say that i was on the...
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we need to find more and use less. i think you're asking about the use less part. the extension of the changing fuel efficiency standards was one thing, but we believe fervently in the need to diversify away from using petroleum for transportation and given that it represents 70% of our use of petroleum to begin with. with the change in technology and the access to so much homegrown natural gas, we can use that and we can also use the development of electricity and its usability in automobiles and light trucks. >> what about the role of the government? somebody has to be making sure we are not doing dangerous things in small, enclosed places. find more coming years last, and someone has to make sure we are not doing dangerous things, as the admiral pointed out. >> i am a private sector guy, and i believe in the application of private and free markets for the development of our country, but there are times it is clear when the government has an unfortunate role to play. in fred's introductory comments, the argument was very clear. the market for oil, on which we dep
we need to find more and use less. i think you're asking about the use less part. the extension of the changing fuel efficiency standards was one thing, but we believe fervently in the need to diversify away from using petroleum for transportation and given that it represents 70% of our use of petroleum to begin with. with the change in technology and the access to so much homegrown natural gas, we can use that and we can also use the development of electricity and its usability in automobiles...
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your afternoon with us. -- thank you for spending your afternoon with us. will introduce the next panel. >> good afternoon. i'm a proud member of the fdd board. today i have the pleasure of introducing a group of top experts to discuss the implications of the arab spring on nuclear non-proliferation regime is. the bios are in the book. i will turn it over to our moderator. >> thank you to all of you. marks andul for your services. we're going to do a topic that will sound too technical. the non-proliferation policy in wake of the arab spring. i want to put this in human terms. this is the sum of all fears panel. i spent the entire night last night the thinking of a way to do this in an entertaining and humorous way. there is no such way. this is about weapons of mass destruction in the middle east. it is a serious topic, and we have very serious experts, people who are the leading light in non-proliferation. a double what i have spent a year working with -- a gentleman i have spent a year working with on thi
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should set a good example by having surgery and stop using junk food that is what a new official report is expected to suggest read more about it but i. and don't go . there are lots of things you might want to spend your hard earned cash on this holiday season but filing your tax return probably isn't among them however millions of people in britain are doing just that and having to pay a premium rate for official telephone helplines polly boyd has more. your annual tax return a process that many adults find utterly daunting and perplexing luckily for the british public the tax man has a whole of way of telephone helplines to help and advise people on how to fill in the piles of forms needed for it getting through to someone might be a bit of a problem though britain is spending watchdog says that last year some twenty million phone calls went on the answered by the government tax office and of those lucky enough to get through between the months of april and september over six million people had to wait for over ten minutes just to get an answer from someone and i've decided to give h
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what did they use? you mentioned a lot of stuff earlier, but give us some examples. >> there were three or four institutions they considered important. if you look at the world in 1945, stalin did not have plans. he did not have a 10-point plan. he was an opportunist and a tactician. he had a conviction sooner or later these would become communist countries, because marx's ideology said so. it said there will be international revolutions and the soviet union will bring these revolutions to the countries. he had a conviction it would happen but not a lot of uncertainty about -- a lot of certainty about when. what he did to make sure he had enough influence -- i will choose three institutions in particular he thought were important. number one was the secret police. he created a secret police forces speaking the local languages, sometimes from the soviet union, and began training them, and they began doing that right away. they begin in 1939, and they began creating a polish secret police force and then,
what did they use? you mentioned a lot of stuff earlier, but give us some examples. >> there were three or four institutions they considered important. if you look at the world in 1945, stalin did not have plans. he did not have a 10-point plan. he was an opportunist and a tactician. he had a conviction sooner or later these would become communist countries, because marx's ideology said so. it said there will be international revolutions and the soviet union will bring these revolutions...
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we will go nowhere. >> if you want to preserve the entitlement, get us to balance. >> get us to sustainability. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my time has expired. >> i have one more question. i know we could be here a while if we had the time. i am grateful for the patience of witnesses. i was looking at the testimony and on page 8, he walks through the question of this balance of how you do the balance between cuts and revenue. in the second full paragraph, he says, using a range of different methodologies, the average unsuccessful fiscal consolidation relied upon a 53% tax increase, 47% spending cut spurred a successful consolidation consists of 85% spending cuts. that. 15. if not, why not? what would your approach be? >> i respect kevin's work a lot. i think that number varies considerably depending on the country and it depends on where cycle. it also depends what the reserve is with respect to monetary policy. rates are 4 or 5%. 0. which is where we are today. there has been a lot of really good work revolving around these issues and trying to get good benchmarks for fiscal consolidation. a
we will go nowhere. >> if you want to preserve the entitlement, get us to balance. >> get us to sustainability. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my time has expired. >> i have one more question. i know we could be here a while if we had the time. i am grateful for the patience of witnesses. i was looking at the testimony and on page 8, he walks through the question of this balance of how you do the balance between cuts and revenue. in the second full paragraph, he says, using...
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if they had managed to all of us are smashing. it. would have understood this stage of the doing it who buys it so. much and everybody's going to blame them for the first year they could actually bring the previous government but not against the current. boys as the spanish bailout is because they know that it's too big to bail out and if they really have to rescue spain and of the euro. shame is that they really have risk which i'm. just going to time and we're still on the road to the bankruptcy. and eventually a breakup of the euro said. money matters are fairing a little better ingrates were athens received an unexpected credit rating boost this week it came as a general strike paralyze the country and four of its biggest banks the glare they would need a twenty seven billion euro bailout crisis strategist says the spike the boost little will change for the man on the street right now. you know national community i have met you could be and you have just worked wars which makes investors happy but of course makes the people and th
if they had managed to all of us are smashing. it. would have understood this stage of the doing it who buys it so. much and everybody's going to blame them for the first year they could actually bring the previous government but not against the current. boys as the spanish bailout is because they know that it's too big to bail out and if they really have to rescue spain and of the euro. shame is that they really have risk which i'm. just going to time and we're still on the road to the...
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there was an iron curtain theaters used to use to prevent fires. churchill used it first in private. >> you know why? >> it was a favor for truman. that is where truman was from. >> let's get a slice of that speech. >> an iron curtain has descended across the continent. behind that line, like all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe -- baltimore, berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest. all of these famous cities and the population around them lying in rubble -- lie under the soviet sphere. >> why did you want to talk about this? >> i was inspired in my first spoke -- book, and while this is in no way a sequel it represents thoughts i had. one thing i got interested in is the question why no people went along with it. what is the mentality? what are institutional pressures? why do camp guard do what they are told to do? i decided to write about this period right after world war ii, because it was a time the soviet union had reached a height, there was an apotheosis of stalinism. it was reinforced by the exp
there was an iron curtain theaters used to use to prevent fires. churchill used it first in private. >> you know why? >> it was a favor for truman. that is where truman was from. >> let's get a slice of that speech. >> an iron curtain has descended across the continent. behind that line, like all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe -- baltimore, berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest. all of these famous cities and the...
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from clearly to use use hardly. the. combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men. for international stories for you now the twenty month uprising in bahrain could be heading for some kind of resolution but the opposition and the ruling regime say they're ready for face to face talks without preconditions but as the next year reports that the visions might run too deep for any lasting peace. said dick says his life was shattered his sits on a municipal council in bahrain and several months ago he was shot by police during a peaceful protest looking at his injuries his lucky to be alive they had been online more and i was with many of the protesters when we were faced by riot police they did not hesitate to shoot us directly to the head with the bullets the police are using. for hunting birds and animals i've been shot at over one hundred ninety two hell it's scattered all over my body in the head face arms and legs the most dangerous ones are those inside my lungs. is just one of hund
from clearly to use use hardly. the. combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men. for international stories for you now the twenty month uprising in bahrain could be heading for some kind of resolution but the opposition and the ruling regime say they're ready for face to face talks without preconditions but as the next year reports that the visions might run too deep for any lasting peace. said dick says his life was shattered his sits on a municipal...
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compassionbound us consoles us who mourn. so in a quiet confidence we may continue our so adjourn on earth and by your call we aren't reunited with those who have gone before us, all men. >> a reading from net month -- from limitations. the steadfast love of the lord never ceases. his mercies never come to an end. great is your faithfulness. the lord is my portion, says my soul. therefore i will hope in him. the lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that 6 in. it is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the lord. for the lord will not reject forever. although he causes grief, he will have compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. for he does not willingly a flight or grief anyone. the word of the lord. >> thanks be to god. >> irene, kenny, members of the inouye family, we all express our condolences for the loss of our good and great america. president obama, vice president biden, president clinton, distinguished members of the congress, others who have gathered here to honor
compassionbound us consoles us who mourn. so in a quiet confidence we may continue our so adjourn on earth and by your call we aren't reunited with those who have gone before us, all men. >> a reading from net month -- from limitations. the steadfast love of the lord never ceases. his mercies never come to an end. great is your faithfulness. the lord is my portion, says my soul. therefore i will hope in him. the lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that 6 in. it is good...
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that is a use for many. but dangerous even to those who keep it at a distance. deadly rivals some decades. if good fifteen thousand people killing each other in any other country there would be diplomats there would be mediators. self-imposed out costs from society i will cut myself chemical attack my brother understand my contact immediately. going to leave basically attack the cause of my anger and my frustration. that. well into the. truth of the most violent gangs in u.s. history. the stall model killing joke with colors matching the national flag. that this country uses violence when it reaches and then it legitimizes the violence they all made in america on the odyssey.
that is a use for many. but dangerous even to those who keep it at a distance. deadly rivals some decades. if good fifteen thousand people killing each other in any other country there would be diplomats there would be mediators. self-imposed out costs from society i will cut myself chemical attack my brother understand my contact immediately. going to leave basically attack the cause of my anger and my frustration. that. well into the. truth of the most violent gangs in u.s. history. the stall...
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of us can support. i happen to think that the administration is coming around to a conclusion of a status quo as was so well-described by an earlier panel, is not something we can sit by and watch for ever. this is a new administration. like all presidents in their second terms, will be focusing a lot of his attention on national security issues. we want to work with him. if we want to support him. we think these issues are too critical. but it is also our job as the loyal opposition to disagree where we disagree. and in an open and honest fashion, engage in a debate that all the american people can take part in. i am sorry for the long answer. >> i apologize, we are out of time. this could have gone on for another hour very easily. a wonderful panel. a fascinating discussion. as we leave, our like to share with you -- the strength of great power is diminished if it ceases to be a good idea. and colin powell on a rack and what happened there -- you break it, you own it. thank you so much. thank you for
of us can support. i happen to think that the administration is coming around to a conclusion of a status quo as was so well-described by an earlier panel, is not something we can sit by and watch for ever. this is a new administration. like all presidents in their second terms, will be focusing a lot of his attention on national security issues. we want to work with him. if we want to support him. we think these issues are too critical. but it is also our job as the loyal opposition to...
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>> let us pray. gracious god, sovereign lord of history, thank you for the exemplary impact of senator daniel ken inouye on our national history. lord, we are grateful for the excellence that distinguished his significant career for the quiet grace and dignity with which he represented the aloha state. and for the gift of discernment that enabled him to serve you faithfully for the good of america. as we express gratitude for the laudable footprints he left in the sands of time, give us your power to persevere impromptly doing what is right. may the memory of senator inouye's indefatigable faithfulness provide a benchmark for the lives of all who labor for liberty. lord, intensify our dedication to make sacrifices for the good of our nation and world as we put our trust in you to do for us immeasurably, abundantly, above all that we can ask or imagine, according to your power working in and through us. we pray in your sovereign name. amen. >> senator dan inouye was a noble soul. one of the finest men
>> let us pray. gracious god, sovereign lord of history, thank you for the exemplary impact of senator daniel ken inouye on our national history. lord, we are grateful for the excellence that distinguished his significant career for the quiet grace and dignity with which he represented the aloha state. and for the gift of discernment that enabled him to serve you faithfully for the good of america. as we express gratitude for the laudable footprints he left in the sands of time, give us...
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that malls, used at workplaces, use the movie theaters. they allow for death and destruction. it is a distraction from the large ammunition devices that allow shooters to expel 20, 30, 60, 100 and even more bullets. it is a distraction from how easy it is to purchase weapons at gun shows with no background checks at all. the weapons today are much more powerful and lethal and then weapons were when we did this bill in 1993. that is a problem. the time has come to address it. i will not demonize anyone. as i said before, i am willing to talk to anyone and listen to anyone. should we have a conversation about school security? yes. should we have a conversation about mental illness and the culture of violence? yes. but we cannot ignore the common denominator in all of the deadly massacres. easy access to killing machines. sandy hook is only the latest tragedy. more horrendous than anything i thought could happen in the united states of america. these massacres are happening in our shopping malls, our movie theaters, our businesses in our offi
that malls, used at workplaces, use the movie theaters. they allow for death and destruction. it is a distraction from the large ammunition devices that allow shooters to expel 20, 30, 60, 100 and even more bullets. it is a distraction from how easy it is to purchase weapons at gun shows with no background checks at all. the weapons today are much more powerful and lethal and then weapons were when we did this bill in 1993. that is a problem. the time has come to address it. i will not demonize...
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it is so good to have you with us here on new year's eve special. live in moscow later though to be joined by kevin. trying to pull the u.s. back from the brink of the fiscal cliff it couldn't get much closer we're down to the wire just a few hours now americans will be hit hard by billions of dollars of tax hikes and spending cuts which will come into effect on tuesday republicans and democrats are now in a last minute effort to avert it as time rapidly runs out. reports. the u.s. congress created this cliff situation when they failed to agree on a budget that would help the country reduce its deficit and its you monger's debt and what they did was what they usually do they put off those important decisions until a certain deadline that deadline is now so they came up with this scary word cliff to create lots of drama around what should be the ordinary maybe somewhat boring working process of any congress or parliament that is to agree on a budget the need to deadlines so the cliff which actually describes the mode in which the congress is working
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it costs us lives, people get hurt. but does not cost us in dollars. guest: let me give you a price comparison. it is hard to price these things. the libyan operation, the incremental cost that we invest in people and equipment was about $1 billion for libya. we were in the back position for that. you're providing intelligence, munitions -- that cost about $1 billion for libyan operation. desert storm was a $60 billion enterprise. that was 500,000 soldiers. it took over a year, and you had a huge deployment. somewhere in that range is what we're talking about. if we send 75,000 troops into syria, there are chemical weapons, my guess is $5 billion to $15 billion. it resembles to me what we did in the 1990's. those small operations for $1 billion to $5 billion per year. relatively speaking, there are a lot cheaper than the two wars that peak of 180 billion -- that was a really expensive operation, but we had 250,000 people deployed. host: we're talking about sequestration, what it might mean for the pentagon if it goes through. we're talking about $1.20
it costs us lives, people get hurt. but does not cost us in dollars. guest: let me give you a price comparison. it is hard to price these things. the libyan operation, the incremental cost that we invest in people and equipment was about $1 billion for libya. we were in the back position for that. you're providing intelligence, munitions -- that cost about $1 billion for libyan operation. desert storm was a $60 billion enterprise. that was 500,000 soldiers. it took over a year, and you had a...
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use today once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations a road that. led. you . to. go and. go and. play. oh. hello again the beautiful ad from the arab spring together with the desperate for. europe plus heated presidential races both in russia and the us is the new year is knocking at the door we look back at be uneasy legacy of twenty twenty. my critics have pointed out has reached its and along with the nine colander. but it looked more like this year a decade of war is a. good year for a new. well we're still here and when it comes down to it the world not only didn't end but very little changed in twenty twelve we have the same challenges facing the globe the same conflicts preventing peace the same policies hampering solutions and many of the same people in power as we come into twenty thirteen so what will twenty twelve be remembered for let's take a look back. at some in gaza their world did end when israel launched a short but deadly c
use today once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations a road that. led. you . to. go and. go and. play. oh. hello again the beautiful ad from the arab spring together with the desperate for. europe plus heated presidential races both in russia and the us is the new year is knocking at the door we look back at be uneasy legacy of twenty twenty. my critics have pointed out has reached its and along with the nine colander....
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let us try to defeat it. peacefully, if possible, through the means that we know, the ones we have used in the past against other ideologies. and we know it works. and we can find men and women in this part of the world to be our partners to do this. >> reuel. >> i thought rob was making my arguments for me until the end. >> class strongly recommend you read jeane kirkpatrick'. -- i strongly recommend that you read gene kirkpatrick. the thought that democracy is a cancer, perhaps a number one thing they fear -- in iran, where they have a fraudulent democratic system, the process of actually going out to vote crated the earthquake in 1997 and created even greater earthquakes in 2009. there is not a single cleric in iran, with one exception, who will argue against democracy now. i do not have enough time here to explain, to name all the individuals who are the diehard revolutionaries who have fallen away because of the practices of the theocracy. we do not know what the evolution will be under a democratic syst
let us try to defeat it. peacefully, if possible, through the means that we know, the ones we have used in the past against other ideologies. and we know it works. and we can find men and women in this part of the world to be our partners to do this. >> reuel. >> i thought rob was making my arguments for me until the end. >> class strongly recommend you read jeane kirkpatrick'. -- i strongly recommend that you read gene kirkpatrick. the thought that democracy is a cancer,...
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they should have to ask us if they want to use the us -- use that to pay debt. as for the taxes, the need to get their heads together and work together, and if they do not want to work together, we need to vote them out and get someone in there who will work hand-in-hand to make it for the economy. host: thank you for the call. again, the hashtag is #fiscalcliff. next, dan, frederick, md.. independent line. >> senator harkin basically said what i was going to say. by thoughts on the fiscal cliff are, why don't we just let the bush tax cuts expired? host: on that point, where would you draw the line in terms of the middle class americans? the president said $250,000, but that threshold could now be $450,000. caller: i came from a pretty upper in the family. but i do not consider -- $60,000, $70,000 -- that is pushing at. $90,000? no, no. that is not middle-class. you are making more than triple what some of your average americans make in the year. host: ok. republican line. caller: thank you. i just want to respond to tom harkin's comments. the housing market is
they should have to ask us if they want to use the us -- use that to pay debt. as for the taxes, the need to get their heads together and work together, and if they do not want to work together, we need to vote them out and get someone in there who will work hand-in-hand to make it for the economy. host: thank you for the call. again, the hashtag is #fiscalcliff. next, dan, frederick, md.. independent line. >> senator harkin basically said what i was going to say. by thoughts on the...